From ecfe9d077ccccab118cf3012a2591bca91d9add4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ftigeot
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:06:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a paragraph about the DT_GNU_HASH feature
---
release32/index.mdwn | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/release32/index.mdwn b/release32/index.mdwn
index ca98edc..291fb09 100644
--- a/release32/index.mdwn
+++ b/release32/index.mdwn
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ We supply a Makefile in `/usr` to track the pkgsrc tree and we supply a Git mirr
* mount now sniffs the label for hints on what type of filesystem is being mounted, when not otherwise specified. UFS is only assumed if no information can be garnered from the sniffing.
-*
+* Added support for DT_GNU_HASH elf sections.
+Essentially DT_GNU_HASH is a GNU extension to the ELF
+format that allows symbol searches much faster than the System V ABI
+standard hash does.
+For very large programs written in languages such as c++ that tend to link in many libraries with many symbols, the reduction in start-time can be dramatic.
> ### Removals
*
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2.10.1